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Jesus in a burka

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thatbags Fri 13-Sept-13 16:25:11

Can I take it off now? No.

petallus Sat 14-Sept-13 10:30:58

Just had another look. I really don't think the irony is going over my head. Mo is telling Jesus that the burka is a symbol of his freedom but when Jesus wants to take it off Mo says he can't.

But some women do want to wear the burka. Yes, they have been conditioned by their society but so have we all.

I don't agree with people being forced to wear the burka but it's a complex issue.

thatbags Sat 14-Sept-13 10:16:44

OK, pet, ironic, succinct, clumsy, and obvious. Difficult not to be clumsy about those clumsy things, burkas. Clumsy idea. Clumsy shroud. Clumsylly (I wrote clumsilly first – that too) and bullyingly enforced. And so obvious an illustration of male oppression of women.

feetlebaum Sat 14-Sept-13 09:50:59

Jesus & Mo - excellent!

Greatnan Sat 14-Sept-13 09:49:18

Clearly not obvious enough for some! Some people just don't get irony.

petallus Sat 14-Sept-13 09:32:44

Not ironic and succinct. Clumsy and obvious.

Stansgran Sat 14-Sept-13 09:12:52

I truly loathe seeing women in a in a niqab. I understand its protection from uncontrollable male lust in Muslim countries but in England we slip the bromide in the tea early on for the male of the species.they should learn .

baubles Sat 14-Sept-13 08:26:56

gringrin

Eloethan Sat 14-Sept-13 01:46:23

Made me smile too.

thatbags Fri 13-Sept-13 18:49:26

The Blue Baron on Twitter says: @Ryan__Blake: "It would be great if more people were as supportive of a woman's right to take off the niqab as they were her right to put it on."

Quite.

Iam64 Fri 13-Sept-13 18:44:43

Well, it made me smile -

thatbags Fri 13-Sept-13 18:38:32

It's not so much funny, jings, as an ironic and succinct way of commenting about the so-called "freedom" to wear a burka in order to express something. All it really expresses is oppression because most of the people who wear them do not really have a choice or they feel, because of their beliefs, that they don't have a choice.

Penstemmon Fri 13-Sept-13 18:35:44

grin

j08 Fri 13-Sept-13 18:35:29

I still don't get it though. hmm [shrug]

How actually is it funny. Where is the funny bit?!

j08 Fri 13-Sept-13 18:32:16

Or on you lot for laughing!!! shock

Ana Fri 13-Sept-13 18:30:37

It's just a jokey cartoon series, jingl! grin
No one is supposed to make an image or or make fun of Mohammed in the Islam culture, so the fatwa would be on the makers of the cartoons, or the editors or someone - or all of them!

j08 Fri 13-Sept-13 18:25:26

Somebody!!! .............

j08 Fri 13-Sept-13 18:24:55

Who might put a fatwa on? Jesus or the other one?

j08 Fri 13-Sept-13 18:24:20

You must explain Bags! You can't leave me wondering if my sense of humour has suddenly left me! [worried]

j08 Fri 13-Sept-13 18:23:17

No! I don't understand! What's Jesus got to do with it? really confused

j08 Fri 13-Sept-13 18:21:38

I don't understand that. Ws it Jesus said they had to wear a burka? I don't remember that bit. confused

Ana Fri 13-Sept-13 18:04:42

I'm sure they've been on here before (courtesy of Bags).
Obviously no fatwa yet...

NfkDumpling Fri 13-Sept-13 17:50:47

Shhh Move ! (I've bookmarked the site too)

Galen Fri 13-Sept-13 17:39:59

Love it!

whenim64 Fri 13-Sept-13 17:03:12

I like Jesus and Mo! smile

Greatnan Fri 13-Sept-13 16:57:56

Thanks for the site, which I have bookmarked. grin